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The 42-year-old hurler walked two batters while punching out three on the evening. Most of the damage done against him came on a two-run blast by Miguel Amaya in the third inning, while the Cubs tacked on another on an RBI infield single by Jon Berti in the fifth. Verlander exited with a 5-3 lead and once again in line for a victory, and for the third time recently the Giants’ bullpen was unable to hang on for him — this time a blown save by Ryan Walker in the ninth. He got nine whiffs on 82 pitches on the night, posting a CSW of 29 percent. He’ll bring a 4.50 ERA, 1.31 WHIP and a 35/15 K/BB ratio (42 innings) into Monday’s matchup against the Diamondbacks.

Rodríguez had three strikeouts and two sacrifice flies. Baseball-Reference says it’s just the third time that’s happened since 1900; J.T. Snow did it for the Giants in 2001 and the immortal Omir Santos matched the feat in 2009. For Rodríguez, it makes seven RBI in three games. That’s not spectacular, but we’ll take it; he had totaled six RBI over his previous 26 games.

Castillo gave up five hits and two walks in a four-run fourth that could have been considerably worse if not for a double-play ball from Ryan Jeffers. He allowed just one other hit, though that was a solo homer from Kody Clemens in the third. Castillo is pretty obviously a below average starter at this point, but being propped up by T-Mobile Park, he remains a viable option in mixed leagues. He’ll probably makes his next start Sunday in Texas, but it’d be awesome if he somehow got pushed back to facing the Royals at home on Monday.

Andrés Muñoz hadn’t pitched in a week and it wasn’t at all clear that there would be a save chance tonight, so the Mariners used him in a tie game in the eighth. As it turned out, he picked up the win after the Mariners broke a 5-5 tie by scoring one run in the top of the ninth. Brash then got his first chance to close since elbow surgery and retired Willi Castro, Ryan Jeffers and Harrison Bader in order. Brash hasn’t allowed a run in 14 1/3 innings since coming off the IL on May 3.

Paddack has given up 16 earned runs over his last three starts, taking his ERA from 3.53 to 4.64. If the Twins were healthier, his rotation spot would be in serious doubt at this point. As is, they probably can’t replace him. He’s slated to face the Tigers on Sunday.

Duran hit two batters with breaking balls to fuel the Mariners’ rally. Even though he’s not exactly getting hit hard, Duran has taken two losses and a blown save in the last 11 days. It really just seems to be the Twins’ luck at the moment. Duran has a 1.78 ERA on the season, but Minnesota has taken losses in each of his last five appearances.

Castro, who has missed three starts with a sore right wrist, pinch-hit for Kody Clemens in the sixth and stayed in to play second base afterwards. It’s possible he’ll be back in the starting lineup against George Kirby on Wednesday.

This isn’t a surprise, but the Red Sox were open to the possibility of using Fitts in relief after calling him up Sunday. Since he hasn’t been needed, he’ll get the nod in Hunter Dobbins’ place versus the Halos.

Neto stayed in initially after getting hurt, but he left the game after airmailing a throw afterwards. He’s optimistic he’ll be OK, but he wants tests for reassurance. If Neto needs an IL stint, Kyren Paris could take over as the Angels’ primary shortstop.

Edwards drew a walk in the fifth inning, then doubled in the seventh to drive in a run and extend the Marlins lead before adding a base hit in the ninth to reach for a third time. The 25-year-old infielder is hitting .293/.367/.333 with 28 runs scored, 17 RBI, and 14 steals across 280 plate appearances.

Koss drove in the only two runs for the Giants on a home run off Cal Quantrill in the in the fifth inning. It was the second home run of the season for the 27-year-old infielder. He’s slashing .224/.272/.303 over 84 plate appearances. Koss should be looking at consistent playing time at second base while Casey Schmitt covers third in Matt Chapman’s absence.